My individual and collaborative research has been cited in a number of policy documents, including by United Nations Volunteers and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the World Health Organisation (WHO), UK Government, the House of Lords, Australian ACCC and CIDJF, Brazil. I hold a number of policy-related or advisory roles and have been engaged with several formal evidence-based committees.
policy roles and evidence highlights
‘College of Experts’ Invited Member, Department of Culture, Media and Sport, UK Government
+ ‘DCMS Youth Research Advisory Group’, 2021-present
Academic Advisory Group, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Political Literacy (formerly for Democratic Participation)
2017-2024
Invited Oral and Written Evidence, House of Lords
Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement, 2017
Expert Witness in the Northern Ireland Assembly’s All Party Group Inquiry Report
‘Public Health Approaches to tackling Gambling Related Harms’, 2024 | Final Report
Cited in Technical Note by CIJDF – Centro de Inteligência da Justiça do Distrito Federal, Brazil
2023 + invited expert meeting with Federal Judge (& Prof. James Ash)
Invited Oral Evidence – APPG Gambling Harms Inquiry into Gambling Reform (with Peers for Gambling Reform)
2024
Submitted Written Evidence – DCMS Inquiry into Gambling Regulation
2023, with Prof. James Ash and Dr Rachel Gordon
Invited Presentation via Foreign and Commonwealth Office & Great Britain China Centre to Senior Delegation from All-China Youth Federation
‘Youth Citizenship and Youth Policy’
2019
SPEAKING
I have given over 40 invited talks at international events and research seminars, including at CUNY, New York and the National University of Singapore. Some recent examples of invited keynote lectures, practitioner workshops and public talks include:
Keynote Lecture: GA Annual Conference
2021
Invited Panellist: Launch Event, YGAM, GAMSTOP and NUS
Annual Student Gambling Survey,
2025
Invited Panellist: Social and Cultural Geography Research Group (RGS-IBG) 50th Anniversary Celebration
2024
Invited Discussant: Children’s Geographies Lecture (Prof. Lorraine van Blerk), Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference
2024
Invited Keynote Panellist: ‘Trajectories in the Histories of Children and Youth’, 50th Anniversary Symposium, co-organised by SHCY (US) & Children’s History Society (UK)
2022
Invited Seminar: ‘Geographies of Volunteering and Work: Participation and Gamification’, Department of Work and Pensions LINK Seminar Series via University of Leeds
2023
Event Co-Organiser and Discussant, ‘Mobilizing Geographical Research Methods in Times of COVID-19’, International Geographical Union (IGU/UGI)
2023
Webinar for Practitioners and Parents: ‘Vulnerable Young People: Their exposure to gambling harms within digital games’
2024
exhibitions
“Volunteering, Displacement and Livelihoods”
North Gallery, Northumbria; Martin Hall, Loughborough; Bidibidi, Rwamwanja and Nakivale Refugee Settlements, Uganda (2022-23)
With RYVU Research Team
“This is just what I saw”: Marion RIchardson and Material Cultures of Learning
Martin Hall Exhibition Space, Loughborough University, 2019
With artist Katarina Hruskova and Radar/LU Arts
100 Years of Scouting
Ceredigion Museum, Wales, 2007
Professor Sarah Mills 